Dear Spiders - We are in the midst of a scare at our home and I thought I would share it in the hopes it not happen to another pet-owning family. My 8 year old Boston Terrier is very sick from poisoning by Hydrangeas, a cyanide containing plant. Two days ago, the cleaning lady decided that the silver pitcher of dried Hydrangea flowers in my dining room needed to be polished and in removing the flowers, scattered a fair amount of dried petals. Before she could sweep them up, my extremely oral doggie lapped up a few of them.
Luckily, he did not ingest any flower bud or leaves as we would have lost him. However, he is still very ill with extreme nausea. He is listless and I have to stand over him to make him drink anything. We have hopes that he will pull through but it is not yet certain. He was on a saline drip and medication at the vets but she let me bring him home so that he could be in familiar surroundings. Please, add Hydrangeas to your list of dangerous indoor flowers. I shudder to think of what might have happened to a human toddler! May your threads never tangle, Cindy Cindy Hutton Norfolk, Virginia USA To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
